If a new company wanted to start making smartphones, what advice would you give them?
The mobile market is very crowded. The Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8 just came out recently. The Moto G is doing well on the low-end. We are expecting successors to the Note 3, Moto X, and Nexus 5 later in the year. On top of that, Apple and Microsoft/Nokia will eventually come out with updates to their lineup. A new company would face fierce competition from every direction.
I would tell them to make a phone with stock Android so that they could minimize their software development costs. Don't waste your money on Android skins when stock Android is perfectly usable. Let Google do most of the heavy lifting. As long as you can update your phone relatively quickly once a new version of Android rolls out, you'll do a lot better than other companies who are months behind.
This would be just to start. A new company would need to do a lot more to succeed. So, what would be your advice?
The mobile market is very crowded. The Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8 just came out recently. The Moto G is doing well on the low-end. We are expecting successors to the Note 3, Moto X, and Nexus 5 later in the year. On top of that, Apple and Microsoft/Nokia will eventually come out with updates to their lineup. A new company would face fierce competition from every direction.
I would tell them to make a phone with stock Android so that they could minimize their software development costs. Don't waste your money on Android skins when stock Android is perfectly usable. Let Google do most of the heavy lifting. As long as you can update your phone relatively quickly once a new version of Android rolls out, you'll do a lot better than other companies who are months behind.
This would be just to start. A new company would need to do a lot more to succeed. So, what would be your advice?